The common Awe

Awes originally hail from the mountain-ranges they call Homepeaks that dominate the central parts of the eastern continent. They are thick of fur and able to tolerate most weathers but are not overly fond of high temperatures.
While they now dominate most of the flatter northern parts of the continent, living where the growing of food is the easiest, they always have a lingering fondness for mountains, deep valleys and hills.

Males are light of build, dexterous and have larger wings then females while females are stouter and stronger. All Awes have wings, but they are nearly considered an evolutionary remnant as few are able to fully utilize them for flight. Those who do, do so most carefully and sparingly unless they are the rarer few good enough to make it an occupation.
Most Awes can at best, glide to safety in a pinch.

Awes are highly social and enjoy the company of each other. They are born in litters of 1-4 and families tend to be big and help raise and take care of each other.

Awes are matriarchal. Females, who are of more heavier and robust build then males, especially as they age into Matrons, are nearly always the leaders of their communities and organizations. Though males are not less capable, ingrained tradition and their shorter life-spans have only until recent years made these gender-roles slow to change.

There exists a few variations of Awes. While the vast majority are tones of yellow or golden of fur with a brown mane (males of slightly darker shades), tones and patterns tend to noticeably differ in communities isolated from one another in just a few generations, making it sometimes easy to spot what region of a continent an Awe is from. For example the Reddish-rust and ginger of the northwest to the silver threaded brown and gold of the south.
While there exists some Awe variants that are even more different still, “common” Awes make up a large majority of the population.

art:  Samael